{"id":842,"date":"2012-08-05T22:36:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T03:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=842"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:33:30","slug":"my-hand-talking-to-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/05\/my-hand-talking-to-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"My Hand…Talking to Myself"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The millimeter binding (specifically Rubow) is my most favorite structure due to its simple elegance and traditional use of handmade paste paper.\u00a0 ‘Talking to Myself’ was bound with blank pages to be used as a journal. \u00a0On this binding the head edge and tail edge are lined with maroon goatskin with leather wrapped headbands in the same leather. \u00a0This paste paper was especially fun to design. \u00a0By taking inspiration from Sarah Creighton<\/a>, I aimed to create an alien landscape with rich oranges and browns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The initial peachy layer of acrylic paint mixed with wheat starch paste and water was applied to the Hahnemuhle Ingres paper with a sponge brush. \u00a0Once that dried completely the three other colors (of the same mixture) were applied separately with a piece of binder’s board in order to create the peaks and icicle-like forms. \u00a0The title was smoke-tooled with handle letters. \u00a0Smoke-tooling is a technique were the face of the tool is greased up with petroleum jelly and then stuck in a flame to collect carbon; the tool is then pressed into the cover leaving a trace of carbon behind. \u00a0This give a rich, deep black impression of the tool.<\/p>\n

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The millimeter binding (specifically Rubow) is my most favorite structure due to its simple elegance and traditional use of handmade paste paper.\u00a0 ‘Talking to Myself’ was bound with blank pages to be used as a journal. \u00a0On this binding the head edge and tail edge are lined with maroon goatskin with leather wrapped headbands in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[68,8],"tags":[1867,173,174,113,115,114],"class_list":["post-842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookbinding","category-my-hand","tag-bookbinding","tag-erin-fletcher","tag-journal","tag-millimeter","tag-paste-paper","tag-rubow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-dA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":563,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/23\/my-hand-fantasy-nonsense\/","url_meta":{"origin":842,"position":0},"title":"My Hand…Fantasy & Nonsense","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"July 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Fantasy & Nonsense is a compilation of poems from 19th century American poet James Whitcomb Riley elegantly letterpress printed on handmade paper with wood engravings by Robert Buchert. \u00a0Riley was known for writing about rural Midwestern life to an audience of young readers. \u00a0However, this unique collection portrays a devilishly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "bookbinding"","block_context":{"text":"bookbinding","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/category\/bookbinding\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC8419.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC8419.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC8419.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC8419.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC8419.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC8419.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9487,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/09\/ill-be-teaching-at-pyramid-atlantic-art-center-this-summer\/","url_meta":{"origin":842,"position":1},"title":"I’ll be Teaching at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center This Summer","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"April 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Join me in a 2\u00bd-day workshop at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. 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